If it is a BN2, I would be loath to modify it, as that is my favorite big
Healey. I'll just have to see what it is.
Last time I was told about an Austin Healey, larger than the car I was
driving to work, I arrived to find a Jensen Healey.
Not quite the same thing. Man, was I ever dissapointed.
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Kitterer Bob <bkitterer@mac.com> wrote:
> It seems to me that "not being able to corner" is some what
> relative. My first sports car in 1958 was a 1954 100. With bias ply
> tires I would regularly make 90 degree turns at speed with only a few
> cars able to keep up with me BUT this 1958-59. Also this was not "on
> rails" cornering but mostly drifting the car around - - a tricky
> thing to do in a 100 which liked to get the rear end in front of the
> front end when pushed hard. Compared to todays cars, say a Miata,
> they do not corner, they are rough riding and steer like a truck. On
> the same line I finally got my bugeye really drivable and was
> surprised at how hard it is to steer compared to my memory of driving
> the car. Also how "slow" it is thru corners as compared to my Miata.
>
> If the car is a BN2 I would proceed cautiously before chopping it up
> and installing a V8. I am certainly not a purist but those cars are
> worth a fair sum of money and there is the possibility that if may
> have an important history. Check it out before making it into a
> Nasty Boy.
>
> Bob Kitterer
>
> 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
> 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
> 2000 Miata Special Edition
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Brad Fornal wrote:
>
> >
> > Yes Frank, I know it will drive like a tractor, but if the price is
> > right, I
> > have a friend with an aluminium V8 that I may be able to purchase.
> > Since it
> > won't corner, I might as well make it go fast straight.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brad
> >
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